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Regional Director

A native of Brazil, Dr. Carmen Barroso was a professor of the sociology faculty at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a senior researcher with the Carlos Chagas Foundation, where she created Brazil’s first and foremost women's studies center. She was a...Read more

Deputy Regional Director

Vicente has over 30 years of experience in the areas of medicine, research, and management with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. Prior to his position as Deputy Director at IPPF/WHR, Vicente was the Executive Director of Fundación Mexicana para la...Read more

Director of MA Relations | South-South Program Manager

Daniel Parnetti oversees the functioning of the Office of the Regional Director and provides support to all activities related to governance at IPPF/WHR. He is actively involved in an initiative to strengthen the functioning of the...Read more

Program Officer - South to South

Carolina coordinates the implementation of the South-South Program, which is aimed at facilitating and strengthening the exchange of best practices among Member Associations. She liaises with the providers and recipients of technical assistance and...Read more

Director of Communications

With more than 15 years of experience in communications, policy, special events, and community relations, Kelly leads the development and implementation of IPPF/WHR’s communications strategy and operations.

Communications Officer

Elisabeth Enenbach is Communications Officer at IPPF/WHR, where she oversees key publications and communications. Prior to joining IPPF/WHR, she worked in marketing and communications at The Jewish Theological Seminary, and in Spanish-language publishing at...Read more

Communications Coordinator

Tochtli Garcia is a member of the IPPF/WHR communications team. His responsibilities include monitoring, tracking, and disseminating the organization's regional media presence, collaborating with and providing technical assistance to the communications staff...Read more

Director of Programs - Universal Access

Giselle is responsible for developing and integrating program strategies across the Safe Abortion, Access, Adolescents, and HIV/AIDS Teams. In a previous position, Giselle led the Safe Abortion Team. Under her tenure, Member Associations more than...Read more

Program Officer - Universal Access

Denitza is responsible for developing and executing IPPF/WHR’s strategy to eliminate sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reduce the impact of HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean. She works closely with other programmatic areas (especially...Read more

Senior Program Officer - Safe Abortion

Jennifer has been with IPPF/WHR since 2006 overseeing the implementation of safe abortion initiatives in the region. She has extensive experience working in health and social service organizations, including clinical work in family planning and...Read more

Program Officer - Safe Abortion

Jimena is responsible for the development and implementation of the regional strategy regarding safe abortion and gender-based violence. She provides technical assistance to our Member Associations and works collaboratively with them to create community-...Read more

Senior Program Officer - Access

As a member of IPPF/WHR's team for 14 years, Alejandra has been responsible for the youth, adolescents, and access units. Her responsibilities have included program coordination, management of grants, policy advocacy, and networking in the area of sexual...Read more

Senior Program Officer - Youth

Marissa Billowitz serves as Senior Program Officer for IPPF/WHR’s Youth initiatives. Marissa has extensive experience in sexual and reproductive health, particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, education and training, and program management. Prior to...Read more

Program Officer - Youth

Silvia is responsible for implementing a strategy to increase young people's access to sexual and reproductive health information and youth-friendly services, as well as support youth participation in program development and governance at our Member Associations...Read more

Senior Program Advisor - Caribbean

For over twenty years Lucella has served as IPPF/WHR’s Program Advisor to several Member Associations (MAs) in the Caribbean. She provides technical assistance in varied aspects of program and financial management and project design. Lucella's work...Read more

Senior Program Advisor - Logistics

With wide-ranging international experience in development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and logistics systems, María Cristina Ramírez has trained IPPF/WHR Member Associations (MAs) on monitoring and forecasting for supplies and...Read more

Director of MA Finance and Risk Management

Felipe has been with IPPF/WHR since 1999. He is responsible for providing technical assistance to Member Associations in the areas of finance, sustainability, and management. He also collaborates with the Resource Mobilization team in...Read more

MA Senior Financial Officer

Mauro came to IPPF/WHR with extensive experience in financial management and grants administration, joining as MA Financial Analyst in 2010, and later promoted to MA Senior Finance Officer. In this role he supports the development and implementation of IPPF/...Read more

Senior Medical Advisor

Pio has over twenty-five years of experience in the areas of medicine, teaching, and research with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. As Senior Medical Advisor, he works closely with Member Associations to increase sexual and reproductive health services,...Read more

Health Financing Specialist

Meradith is responsible for analyzing the processes and investments involved in implementing our regional growth strategy. Her work focuses on supporting Member Associations in the design of sustainable business plans that will support service growth.

Logistics Associate

As a member of the logistics team, Arlety monitors the shipment of health commodities to Member Associations. She also supports the Logistics Senior Program Advisor in the analysis of commodities reports and annual program budgets to ensure countries have adequate...Read more

Director of Organizational Learning and Evaluation

Rebecca provides leadership to IPPF/WHR’s organizational learning and evaluation department. She manages a team of evaluation experts who ensure the use of data for decision-making at all levels of the organization, design projects,...Read more

Senior Evaluation Officer - Institutional Data

Shelly joined IPPF/WHR in 2005. She directs the institutional data team, which focuses on data collection and analysis of key institutional data sources, effective visualization and use of data for decision making, and data quality...Read more

Senior Evaluation Officer - Youth

Jessica provides technical expertise in program monitoring and evaluation to teams in the regional office and to Member Associations working to improve access to comprehensive sexuality education and quality sexual and reproductive health services for...Read more

Evaluation Officer - Universal Access

Roosbelinda provides technical support for monitoring and evaluation in the area of universal access to sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on safe abortion. She coordinates and develops proposals for research studies, identifies...Read more

Organizational Learning Coordinator | MA Relations

Betsy came to IPPF/WHR with more than 10 years of experience managing international projects and teams in the United States and Dominican Republic. As the Member Association Administrative Liaison, she supports IPPF/WHR's core grants...Read more

Data Analyst

Vanessa supports the cleaning, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of institutional data and data related to abortion projects. She also promotes efficiency in institutional data processes, improved data quality, and the accessibility of data to support...Read more

Data Analyst

Ada is responsible for making institutional data processes more efficient, improving data quality, and improving data visualization. She works with our Member Associations to coordinate Global Indicators and other survey data and supports Advocacy and HIV/AIDS team projects...Read more

Program Officer - Universal Access

Larissa provides technical support to our Member Associations and civil society partners to strengthen national advocacy initiatives for legislative and policy changes regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights. She supports the implementation...Read more

Chief Information Officer

Leslie has been a part of the IPPF/WHR team since 1979. She is responsible for managing the information services within the regional office in New York City and coordinating technical assistance to our Member Associations throughout Latin American and the...Read more

MIS Manager

Noel has been on staff at IPPF/WHR since 1988. He is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the regional office's information systems and provides technical assistance to Member Associations. He also maintains institutional policies, network services, office...Read more

Health Information Systems Advisor

Moira provides technical assistance to Member Associations in the areas of information systems strengthening and meaningful use of data. She promotes a culture of quality coordination, continuity of health care, and the efficiency of data management to...Read more

Senior Bilingual Administrative Assistant - MIS

Nora has worked with IPPF/WHR since 2003. She is responsible for overseeing the daily administrative operations within the MIS department, including logistical and travel support for MIS staff and consultants. Nora maintains filing...Read more

Accounting Manager

As a member of the Finance team, Luis is responsible for coordinating accounting functions for the organization. He works with the Chief Finance Officer to maintain strong internal controls over key business processes and provide support with key transactions.

Staff Accountant

As a member of the Finance team, Tim is responsible for managing treasury functions, monitoring cash and investment balances, and anticipating spending needs across all accounts. He formulates and distributes reports for donors and monthly financials. I help to create...Read more

Director of Development

As a member of IPPF/WHR’s senior management team, Dana leads IPPF/WHR’s fundraising strategy and manages development department in achieving our fundraising goals across individual, foundation, bilateral and multilateral donors. In addition, Dana also provides...Read more

Director of Major Gifts

With more than fifteen years of experience in fundraising, program management, and business development, Jessica is a key player in guiding IPPF/WHR's major donor fundraising program and Board of Directors giving. She has a proven track record in developing and...Read more

Director of Philanthropic Planning

Tracy has been in resource development for fifteen years. As the Director of Philanthropic Planning, she is the primary point of contact for supporters who have included, or are interested in including, IPPF/WHR in their estate or other long-term...Read more

Resource Mobilization and Strategy Advisor

Maria is responsible for supporting the Resource Mobilization efforts of IPPF/WHR's Member Associations in the region as well as international advocacy efforts. She does this by providing technical assistance, tracking and analyzing shifts in...Read more

Stewardship and Research Officer

Jazmyn is responsible for fostering donor relations through the development of individual giving communications and activities. Her work has an emphasis on ensuring supporters are sufficiently informed about and engaged in the important work they help...Read more

Development Coordinator

Ashleigh is responsible for managing the development operations of the major donor giving program to ensure the strategy is implemented effectively. She acts as the first point of contact for current and prospective major and planned giving donors, maintains...Read more

Development and Communications Associate

As a member of the Development and Communications teams, Veronica is responsible for supporting staff in the implementation of online fundraising and communications initiatives. She acts as a liaison between the two teams to ensure efficient...Read more

Direct Response Assistant

Saida has been working with the IPPF/WHR development team for over 6 years as the Direct Response Assistant. She is responsible for all aspects of donor gift processing, including gift acknowledgement, data entry, record keeping, reporting, and donor...Read more

Director of Advocacy

María Antonieta Alcalde develops and implements IPPF/WHR’s advocacy strategy at the regional and international levels and supports the advocacy work of our Member Associations. She has co-founded several organizations including the Latin American Youth Network for...Read more

Senior Advocacy Officer

Laura has been with IPPF/WHR since 2009. She leads the two advocacy initiatives – Joining Forces for Voices and Accountability and Budget Transparency and Reproductive Health – promoting government accountability on commitments regarding sexual and reproductive...Read more

Regional Advocacy Officer

Flor joined IPPF/WHR in 2009. As Regional Advocacy Officer she leads the organization’s advocacy to promote the sexual rights of youth, including the right to comprehensive sexuality education and youth friendly services. Flor currently serves on the...Read more

Advocacy Associate

Ricardo is an Advocacy Associate responsible for supporting the coordination of our international and regional advocacy efforts. He provides administrative and logistical support for our work at the United Nations to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights...Read more